Luke Messer on Education

Education decisions are best made by families at local level

Luke Messer is an education reformer. During his tenure on the Indiana House Education Committee, Luke helped pass ISTEP reform and his work on high school dropout prevention received national recognition.
Luke Messer understands that education decisions are best made by families at a local level. In Congress, Messer would support a program to streamline federal grant dollars to the states, maximize dollars to the classroom and minimize red tape.
Under this program, the federal government would send the same amount of money to the
State of Indiana to support education, but eliminate bureaucratic red tape and give local education leaders greater freedom to spend those dollars to innovate and improve Indiana schools.

Project Vote Smart infers candidate issue stances on key topics by summarizing public speeches and public statements. Congressional candidates are given the opportunity to respond in detail; about 11% did so in the 2012 races.

Project Vote Smart summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Education: Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?'